Swapping Huckleberries
Himalayan Honeysuckle ( Vaccinium glauco album) Himalayan Honeysuckle ( Vaccinium glauco album) has been an attractive feature along our north-facing foundation since I planted it in 2016. You will have to take my word for it since I cannot locate a photo although I know one exists somewhere in the realm of the Internet or floating on a cloud somewhere. I did locate a photo of how it looked when it was first planted - It took a few years to fill out but it did so nicely to an attractive mound about 2 feet high by 3 feet wide. Last year, it started to look bad. I cut it back but it had not improved and this is how it looked a few weeks ago - I decided to rip it out and plant another huckleberry - this time Vaccinium ovatum , more commonly known as the "Evergreen Huckleberry". This is a plant that I've wanted for ages and kept putting off getting one because I could not find a good place for it. By most accounts, this is an amazing plant, a native one and excellent for
Looks and sounds great! Radish sandwiches are good too!
ReplyDeleteThat's a great-looking salad, Phillip.
ReplyDeleteWas the taste sharp/spicy with all those radishes? Or did the cucumber cool things off?
YUM! Sounds great! I have a radish and tuna salad recipe with lemon juice, salt, olive oil, parsley, celery & green onions. But I'm always up for another recipe, so thanks for sharing! Did you know radishes are natural antibiotics?
ReplyDeleteCarol, believe it or not, I've never had one!
ReplyDeleteAaron, yes a bit spicy but the cucumbers too cool it down.
Katherine, I love tuna salad and would like to find that recipe!
Thanks for the idea, because I do indeed have too many radishes!
ReplyDeleteMama used to say that Radishes had made more gardeners than anything else because they come up fast and produce in a short time, very encouraging.
ReplyDeleteI put radishes in cole slaw. They give a little bite and a little color.